Newspaper vending machine with coin control mechanism



Nov. 24, 1964 c. HAWKS 3,158,248

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE WITH com CONTROL MECHANISM Original Filed May 25, 1959 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig./

O'arence L. Hawks vINVENTOR.

C. L. HAWKS Nov. 24, 1964 NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE WITH COIN CONTROL MECHANISM 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed May 25, 1959 Clarence L. Hawks INVENTOR.

C. L. HAWKS Nov. 24, I964 NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE WITH COIN CONTROL MECHANISM 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Original Filed May 25, 1959 Fig.4

Clarence L. Haw/rs INVENTOR.

Nov. 24, 1964 c. HAWKS 3,153,248

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE WITH COIN CONTROL MECHANISM Original Filed May 25, 1959 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 M42052... BY w mm 3,l58,24% Patented Nov. 24, 1964 ice hri

3,153,243 NEWSPAPER VENBENG MAUEJNE WliTH EDEN CGNTR'SL MECHANESM Clarence L. Hawks, P90. Eon 68, Manti, Utah @riginal application May 25, H59, Ser. No. 815,515, new

Patent No, 3,982,912, dated Mar. 25, 1963. Bit/ideal and this application Mar. 13, 7.963, i let. No. 264,963

Qlaims. (El. 194-71) The present invention generally relates to new and useful improvements in newspaper vending machines and particularly that type of machine provided with a coin control mechanism. This application is a division of copending application Serial No. 815,515, filed May 25, 1959, for Newspaper Vending Machine, now Patent No. 3,082,- 912.

The main object of this invention is to provide a newspaper vending machine that may be operated to dispense newspapers or the like one at a time only after a predetermined number of coins have been inserted in an equal number of corresponding coin slots.

Another object of this invention, in accordance with the preceding object, is to provide a dispensing mechanism for the newspaper vending machine that will positively dispense or place at least a portion of the article being dispensed outside of the vending machine so that the articles may then be grasped and entirely removed therefrom.

A further object is to provide a dispensing mechanism for a newspaper vending machine that will positively engage and dispense from the vending machine a newspaper or similar article without rendering damage to the relatively thin paper material that would make the print thereon illegible.

A still further object, in accordance with the preceding object is to provide a dispensing mechanism for a newspaper vending machine that will, when moving in one direction, move toward, engage, dispense, and move away from an article being dispensed so that the article may then be withdrawn from the vending machine without the dispensing mechanism causing damage thereto during the process. I

Yet another object, in accordance with the preceding objects, is to provide a dispensing mechanism for a news paper vending machine having a cyclic motion that will have a starting point, move to a position to engage the article being dispensed, engage the article, dispense the article, and then be disengaged from the article and return to the starting position being capable of reverse movement throughout the entire cycle except between the dispensing point and the starting point without causing damage to the article being dispensed.

Another object is to provide a newspaper vending machine that will be capable of being operated in response to the insertion of. a number of coins of various denominations into an equal number of coin slots with means for rendering one or more or all of the slots inoperable to the extent that the articles may be dispensed without having coins placed in those slots thereby changing the cost of the items being dispensed.

And a final object to be specifically enumerated herein is to provide a newspaper vending machine of relatively simple construction requiring but a small number of ma- .chined parts so that the vending machine will require little maintenance, be of sturdy construction, be simple to operate, and be economically feasible. I

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the newspaper vending machine with a portion of the side thereof being broken away and showing a part of the follower mechanism which is used to maintain one newspaper in position to be dispensed from the dispensing slot at all times;

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the newspaper vending machine with the front and one of the sides thereof being broken away and with various components of the vending machine omitted in order to clarify the construction of the operating and dispensing mechanisms, parts of the housing being shown in section;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 33 of FIGURE 1 showing the double track rack that guides the feed mechanism through its dispensing cycle;

FEGURE 4 is a transverse vertical sectional View taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 4-4 of FIGURE 3, illustrating the details of construction of the coin operated control mechanism;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional view similar to FIGURE 3 but showing the feed rack in the double track rack; and

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by section line 6-6 of FIGURE 3.

The newspaper vending machine of the instant invention is generally referred to by the reference numeral 8 and comprises a housing assembly generally designated by the reference numeral 19 having therein a coin controlled mechanism, an operating assembly, a magazine or storage assembly, and a dispensing assembly generally referred to by the numerals 12, i4, 16 and 18 respectively. The housing assembly it) comprises a framework of angle members generally referred to by the reference numeral 20 and has end walls 22, top wall 24, bottom wall 26, and front and rear Walls 28- and 3%. The front wall 2% has a viewing Window 32 so that the headlines of the papers or the like contained within the vending machine 8 may be seen from the outside, a plurality of coin slots 34 through which coins may be inserted, and a slot 36 through which the operating handle 38 of the operating assembly 14 extends.

The magazine or storage assembly 16 includes an inclined ramp 44 see FIGURE 1, on which a wheeled follower 42 or the like is placed to keep the newspapers 44; in a side-by-side relation disposed vertically so as to position the newspaper 44 remote from the wheeled follower 42 in position to be dispensed from the dispensing slot 46 which is formed in one of the end walls 22 adjacent a dispensing assembly 1%. A hinged closure 43 is adapted to seal the dispensing slot 46 when the latter is not being used to dispense a newspaper 44 from the vending ma chine t5. 7

It is to be understood that the hinged closure 48 may have a spring means urging it toward the closed position, and also that the wheeled follower may be provided with suitable supports'so as to insure that it will maintain a substantially vertical position within the housing assembly It With attention now drawn to FIGURES 5 and 6 in particular, it will be seen that the movement of the dispensing assembly 18 is effected by movement of pivot bar 5d through a sliding pin and slot connection 52 which connects the double-hinged link assembly 54 to the feeder rack 56 that has projecting from the upper and lower surfaces thereof a pair of guide lugs 53 which are disposed in the grooves of the upper and lower double groove rack elements 69 which effect a cyclic movement of the feeder,

rack 5s upon the reciprocation of the pivot bar 50. The two double groove racks of are identical in that they effect the same cyclic motionto both the upper and lower ends of the feeder rack 56, and therefore it is deemed 3,1 sagas necessary to described only one of the same herein. Each of the double groove racks 69 has therein a pair of identical double-track grooves 67;, and with attention drawn more particularly to FIGURE 3 of the drawings it will be seen that each double groove 62 comprises a pair of parallel grooves with one groove 64 adjacent to and in parallel relation to the newspapers 44-. The second groove so is adjacent the front wall 28 of the housing assembly 1% and is in communication with the ends of the grooves 64 at corresponding opposite ends by means of diagonal grooves 65. it is to be understood that the lugs 58 travel in the grooves 64 and 66 in a counter-clockwise direction and that when positioned at the extreme right, as seen in FIGURE 3, that the rack 56 is in that position immediately after the feeder rack 56 has dispensed a newspaper 44 from the dispenser 3.

With attention now drawn more particularly to FIG- URE 5 of the drawings, it will be noted that the feeder rack 56 can be seen in a position dispensing a newspaper 44 from the vending machine 8 and that the guide lugs Sf) are disposed in the slot 6 5. The feeder rack 56 has projecting from its side adjacent the newspapers 44 a plurality of engaging elements 6% which are adapted to engage the newspapers 44 during the movement of the feeder rack 56 through the grooves s4 toward the dispensing slot 46. Further, it will be noted that the double hinged link assembly 5 enables the feeder rack 56 to progress through its cyclic path during the reciprocating movement of the pivot bar 56.

The operating assembly 14 comprises an operating han- (lie 33 which is pivotally secured to the angle members it) of the housing assembly llii as at 7i), see FIGURE 2. The pivotal movement of the free end of the operating handle 38 effects the pivotal movement of the drawbar '74 which is also pivotally secured at one end to the angle members 243 as at 75. The pivotal movement of the drawbar 74 is effected by means of a pair of connector bars 72 which are pivotally secured at one end to operating handle 38 and at the other end to one end of drawbar 74. That end of drawbar 74 is disposed substantially directly beneath the corresponding end of operating handle 38. The end of the pivot bar 5% remote from the sliding slot and pin connection 52 is also pivotally secured to the housing it) as at $8, and there is secured intermediate the ends ofpivot bar 5i) one end of connecting element 89 which has pivotally secured to its free end as at 82 the corresponding ends of a pair of connecting straps 8d the other ends of which are pivotally secured to drawbar '74 intermediate the ends thereof as at 86.

With reference to FIGURES 2 and 6 in particular, it will be noted that the upward movement of the free end of the operating handle 33 will effect upward movement of the free end of the drawbar 7-; which will in turn, by means of connecting straps 34 effect the clockwise rotation of the pivot bar 58 causing movement of the feeder rack 56 toward the operating handle 38.

Referring now more particularly to FIGURE 4 of the drawing, it will be noted that there is provided, in communication with each of the coin slots 34 a coin chute 88 which is in communication with a coin box 94) at its lower end. Each of the coin chutes 8% has an opening 92 in the forward edge thereof. There is also provided a stop pin 94 in alignment with the upper edge of the opening 92 adjacent the remote edge of each coin chute S8. Pivotally secured to operating handle '58 a spaced distance forward of and in alignment with each of the coin slots 83 is a coin-trigger 9-6. The coin triggers 96 are pivotally secured to the operating handle 38 by means of a transverse pin 98 and it is to be understood that the coin triggers 96 may be spaced along the transverse pin 98 byany suitable manner so that each of the coin triggers as will be in alignment with one ofthe coin chutes 88. Each of the coin triggers as has an enlarged lower end with a cam surface 1% thereon which is adapted to extend through the corresponding openings 92 and into the coin chutes 88. The enlarged lower end portions of each of the coin-triggers J6 present an obstruction to coins passing downward through each of the coin chutes 88 and the opposite ends of each of the coin triggers 96 are provided with notches Th2 which are adapted to engage the upper limits of the opening 104 which is formed in the trigger lock frame run.

The operating handle 33 also has pivotally secured thereto by means of pivot pin 198 a plurality of rocker arms lit The rocker arms 11% are equal in number to the coin triggers as and have pivotally secured to the upper end of each one end of a connecting rod 112, the other end of which is pivotally secured to the corresponding coin trigger 96 above the transverse pin 98. Secured between the upper end of each rocker arm 110 and the operating handle 38 is an expansion spring 114 which resiliently urges each of the coin triggers 96 into engagement with a trigger lock frame to restrict the upward movement of the free end of the operating handle 38.

Fixedly secured to the bottom wall 26 of the housing ltl is an upstanding support 116 which has pivotally secured thereto by means of pivot bolt 118 a plurality of cam elements 12% equal in number to rocker arms 116. Each of the cam elements 120 is suitably spaced in position on pivot bolt 118 and is in alignment with the corresponding rocker arm lit). One end of each of the cam elements 12% has a control rod 122 pivotally secured thereto and on the other enda cam surface 124 which is adapted to engage the adjacent surface of the corresponding rocker arm lid. The upper ends of the control rods 122 are passed through retaining elements 126 that are suitably secured to the adjacent side wall 22 of the housing assembly lit), each of the retaining elements 126 being adapted to frictionally engage the corresponding control rod 122 to retain it in adjusted positions.

Secured to each of the cam elements 120 adjacent the end having the cam surface 12 thereon is one end of an expansion spring 128, the other end of each being suitably secured to one of the angle members 20 as at 130. It will be noted that upon the upward movement of either the control rods 122 that the corresponding cam element 126 is pivoted so that its cam surface 124 engages the adjacent edge of the corresponding rocker 119 to pivot it about pivot pin 1% to move the notch 102 of the corresponding coin trigger 95 from engagement with the trigger lock frame 196. It will flso be noted that the point 136 to which one end of the expansion springs 28 are secured is located so as to in effect cause the expansion spring 128 to yieldingly retain the corresponding cam element 126 in adjusted position either in engagement with the corresponding rocker arm lltl-or in a position with the cam surface 124 thereof a spaced distance from the adjacent edge of the rocker arm 110. The cam surface 1% on the enlarged lower end portion of each of the coin triggers 5 5? stop the downward travel of the coin 132 through the corresponding coin chute 83, and it will be noted that when the operating handle 38 is raised that when the correct coin 132 is positioned between the cam surface 1% and the stop pin 94, that the coin 132 will act as a cam to move corresponding notch 182 out of engagement with a trigger lock frame against the force of the expansion'spring 114. It is to be understood that the control rods-l22 are to be moved as desired in order to pivot the corresponding coin triggers out of engagement with the trigger lock frame if it is desired that the corresponding coin chute 38 is not to be used to stop a customer from inserting a coin into a coin slot which will not have any eifect upon the coin controlled mechanism.

It is to be understood that any number of coin chutes 83 andthe corresponding cooperating elements may be provided in order to provide the dispensing of articles from the vending machine ticosting different amounts. v

For example, if four chutes 38 were provided togetherwith an equal number of related corresponding elements,

two of the coin chutes for nickels, one of the coin chutes for dimes, and the other for quarters, the vending machine 8 could be set to dispense articles priced at five set intervals from nothing per article to 45 cents per article. For example, as shown in FIGURE 4, if the vending machine 8 was set to dispense articles costing a dime, all of the coin triggers except one cooperating with a ten cent chute would be pivoted to an inoperative position leaving only that one coin trigger 96 engaging the trigger lock frame 106 to stop the upward movement of the operating handle 38. If a dime or coin 132 was inserted in the operative chute 88 and positioned between the cam surface 1% and the stop pin 94, as the free end of the operating handle is moved in an upward direction the cam surface 1% would raise the coin 132 until it engaged the stop pin 94, further movement of the operating handle then effecting the pivotal movement of the corresponding coin trigger 96 moving its notch 192 out of engagement with the trigger lock frame 196. Without a coin trigger 96 restricting the movement of the operating handle 38 it could be moved in an upward direction until the feeder rack 56 is moved to the extreme left position of FIGURES 3 through 6 whereupon the downward movement of the operating handle 38 would cause the lugs 58 to move through the groove 64 whereupon the engagement el ment 63 would engage a newspaper 44 and move it through the dispensing slot 46.

It is to be understood that the grooves 64 and 66 and the connecting end passages may be formed in a unitary track rack or that suitably shaped blocks 136 and 137 may be secured by fasteners 133 to form the desired shaped groove. The blocks 136 define the outer end peripheral edges of the isosceles trapezoidm path formed by the grooves 64, 66 and 65 and the blocks 137 define the inner peripheral edges of the isosceles trapezoidal path. Further, any convenient means may be utilized such as expansion spring 14f) to return the operating handle 38 to a position where the feeder rack 56 will have disengaged completely from the newspaper 4-4 and be, positioned at the end of the groove 62 adjacent the delivery slot 46 in position to dispense the next newspaper 44 from the vending machine 8.

With attention drawn now more particularly to FIG- URES 3 to 5 the edge of each of the blocks 137 encircled by the double track grooves 62 adjacent the dispensing slot 46 is provided with an irregular surface as at 142 to restrict the backward movement of the feeder rack 56. Further, the blocks 136 defining the ends of the grooves 64 and 66 remote from the delivery slot 46 are each provided with a pocket 143 having a cam surface 145 for laterally offsetting the. position of the feeder rack 56 from the grooves 66 into the grooves 65 extending toward the newspapers 44 upon movement of the feeder rack 56 to the ends of the double tnack grooves 62 remote from the delivery slot 46 whereby it is assured that initial operation of the handle to dispense a newspaper will efiect forward movement of said rack through grooves 65 extending toward the newspapers 44 and not rearward movement through the groove 62 remote from the newspapers 44. A person using the vending machine 8 could therefore not move the operating handle 38 to return or to move the feeder rack 56 to a reverse direction after a newspaper 44 has been partially dispensed from the vending machine 8 thereby allowing the operation of the dispensing mechanism in the correct manner only. After the newspaper 44 has been dispensed, as the operating handle 38 is released, the expansion spring 149, see FIG- URE 4, will return the free end thereof to its lowest position which will move the feeder rack 56 to the end of the double track groove 62 adjacent the dispensing slot 4-6 whereupon the lugs 58 will have moved past the non-return springs 144. It is therefore to be understood that once a paper has been dispensed through slot 46 that the feeder rack will automatically be positioned adjacent that end of the housing assembly 16 with the coin 6 triggers 96 having their notches 102 in engagement with a trigger lock frame 106 thereby locking the operating handle 38 against movement unless the correct coins 132 are inserted into the corresponding coin chutes 88.

Although the engaging elements 68 have been illustrated for the purpose of dispensing newspapers from the vend ing machine 8 it is to be understood that suitable engaging elements would be used for different articles that are to be dispensed from the vending machine 8.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows: 1. For use with an article vending machine of the type having an operating handle operatively connected to a feeder mechanism for dispensing articles from said machine, a coin control mechanism for controlling movement of said operating handle comprising at least two coin chutes, coin triggers equal in number to said coin chutes adapted to be pivotally secured to said operating handle, a lock frame adapted to be rigidly secured in said vending machine, one end of each of said coin triggers normally engaging said lock frame to prevent movement of said operating handle to actuate said feeder mechanism, an opening formed in one edge of each coin chute, the other end of each coin trigger having a cam surface thereon normally projecting through said opening partially blocking the passage of a coin through said chute, stop means in each of said chutm above said openings adjacent the other edge, cooperating with the associated cam surface whereby when a coin is positioned between said cam surfaces and said stop means said triggers will be pivoted toward an inoperating position with said one end of said triggers disengaged from said lock frame upon movement of said operating handle to effect operation of said feeder mechanism, means for adjustably retaining one or more of said coin triggers in an inoperable position, said retaining means comprising one or more rocker arms adapted to be pivotally secured to said operating handle equal in number to said coin triggers with one end of each rocker arm operatively connected to the corresponding coin trigger at the corresponding end thereof, means for positioning each of said rocker arms in a rotated position with its associated coin trigger in the inoperable position.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said positioning means comprises a support secured in said housing, cam elements equal in number and in alignment with said rocker arms pivotally secured to said support, said cam elements each having cam surfaces on one end engageable with the other end of the corresponding rocker arm, the other end of each of said cam elements having one end of a control rod pivotally secured thereto, the other end of each of said control rods being frictionally engaged by a retaining element secured to said housing, whereby said control rods may be manipulated to move any of said coin triggers to an inoperative position.

3. A coin control mechanism for a vending machine of the type having a movable operating handle connected to a dispensing mechanism, said coin control mechanism comprising a coin chute for gravitationally receiving a coin, a coin trigger adapted to be pivotally mounted on said handle, a stationary lock frame, one end. of said.

trigger including means for engaging said lock frame to prevent movement of the operating handle, said .coin chute including an open-ing therein, said coin trigger having a cam thereonprojecting through the opening in the chute and into the path of movement of a coin in the chute thereby stopping the coin, an abutment in said chute above the cam, said abutment being disposed, in

opposed relation to the camto enable the coin to pass the abutment and engage the cam on the trigger, said abutment stopping coin when urged upwardly by movement of the trigger and operating handle whereby the coin causes the cam and trigger to pivot thereby releasing the trigger and enabling the handle to be operated, said means on one end of the trigger engaging said lock frame including a notch there-in, said lock frame including an abutment received in the notch, a rocker arm adapted to be pivotally mounted on the operating handle, a connecting rod interconnecting the rocker arm and trigger, spring means connected to the rocker arm for uging the notch in the trigger towards the lock frame, and manually operated means engageable with the rocker arm to move the notch in the trigger away from the lock frame to render the. coin control mechanism ineffective.

4. The structure as defined in claim 3 wherein said manually operated means includes a cam element adapted to be mounted on the machine for engagement with the rocker arm to pivot the same, and a manually movable control handle for said cam element.

5. A coin control mechanism for a machine having a movable operating handle comprising a coin chute for gravitationally receiving a coin, a trigger pivotally mounted on the handle, a stationary frame, said trigger including means engaging the frame to prevent movement of the handle, means connected to said trigger for retaining the means on said trigger in engagement with the. frame, said coin chute including an opening therein, said trigger having a cam thereon projecting through the opening in the chute and into the path of movement of the coin in the chute for stopping the coin and causing lateral movement of the coin, stop means in said chute above the cam and disposed in opposed relation to the cam whereby a coin will pass the stop means and then he disposed under the stop means by lateral movement caused by the cam whereby the stop means the-n prevents upwardly movement of the coin in relation to the chute, said cam and the means on the trigger engaging the frame being disposed on opposite sides of the pivotal support for the trigger whereby the coin looked under the stop means will cause pivotal movement of the trigger for disengaging the means on the trigger from the frame thereby releasing the handle for movement, said trigger being in the form of a lever with the cam thereon defining an inclined surface forming a longitudinally extending downwardly inclined and laterally extending surface for displacing the coin laterally in the chute for positioning under the stop means.

6. The structure as defined in claim 5 wherein said means connected to the trigger for retaining the means on the trigger in engagement with the frame including a rocker arm, means pivotally supporting said rocker arm, spring means engaged with the rocker arm for urging it in a position to retain the means on the trigger and in engagement with the frame, and manually operated block out means engaged with said rocker arm for pivoting the rocker arm to release'the trigger from the frame for rendering the trigger inoperative.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

1. FOR USE WITH AN ARTICLE VENDING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING AN OPERATING HANDLE OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A FEEDER MECHANISM FOR DISPENSING ARTICLES FROM SAID MACHINE, A COIN CONTROL MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING HANDLE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO COIN CHUTES, COIN TRIGGERS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID COIN CHUTES ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID OPERATING HANDLE, A LOCK FRAME ADAPTED TO BE RIGIDLY SECURED IN SAID VENDING MACHINE, ONE END OF EACH OF SAID COIN TRIGGERS NORMALLY ENGAGING SAID LOCK FRAME TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING HANDLE TO ACTUATE SAID FEEDER MECHANISM, AN OPENING FORMED IN ONE EDGE OF EACH COIN CHUTE, THE OTHER END OF EACH COIN TRIGGER HAVING A CAM SURFACE THEREON NORMALLY PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE PASSAGE OF A COIN THROUGH SAID CHUTE, STOP MEANS IN EACH OF SAID CHUTES ABOVE SAID OPENINGS ADJACENT THE OTHER EDGE, COOPERATING WITH THE ASSOCIATED CAM SURFACE WHEREBY WHEN A COIN IS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CAM SURFACES AND SAID STOP MEANS SAID TRIGGERS WILL BE PIVOTED TOWARD AN INOPERATING POSITION WITH SAID ONE END OF SAID TRIGGERS DISENGAGED FROM SAID LOCK FRAME UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING HANDLE TO EFFECT OPERATION OF SAID FEEDER MECHANISM, MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY RETAINING ONE OR MORE OF SAID COIN TRIGGERS IN AN INOPERABLE POSITION, SAID RETAINING MEANS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE ROCKER ARMS ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID OPERATING HANDLE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID COIN TRIGGERS WITH ONE END OF EACH ROCKER ARM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CORRESPONDING COIN TRIGGER AT THE CORRESPONDING END THEREOF, MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID ROCKER ARMS IN A ROTATED POSITION WITH ITS ASSOCIATED COIN TRIGGER IN THE INOPERABLE POSITION. 